The Game was allegedly banned from speaking to students at a high school in New Zealand this week.

The 29-year-old was due to give a talk to pupils at Papatoetoe High in Auckland today, but education officials reportedly cancelled the rapper's appearance.

According to Angry Ape, The Game's speech was part of a prize won by the school in a radio contest, which students entered in order to have the hip-hop star appear at their campus.

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However, school officials apparently feel his talk would have been inappropriate, due to his criminal history and recent trouble with authorities.

"I understand that this fellow may have a bit of an unsavoury background," principal Peter Gall told the New Zealand Herald. "While I am very pleased and proud that we won the competition, I would doubt that we would take up the offer.

"I have nothing against him, but I am very much against what he has done in the past. It's not right, it's unhealthy."